List of Major League Baseball career wins leaders


This is a list of Major League Baseball pitchers with 200 or more career wins. In the sport of baseball, a win is a statistic credited to the pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead. A starting pitcher must complete five innings to earn a win; if this does not happen, the official scorer awards the win based on guidelines set forth in the official rules.
Cy Young holds the MLB win record with 511; Walter Johnson is second with 417. Young and Johnson are the only players to earn 400 or more wins. Among pitchers whose entire careers were in the post-1920 live-ball era, Warren Spahn has the most wins with 363. Only 24 pitchers have accumulated 300 or more wins in their careers. Roger Clemens is the only pitcher with 300 wins or more not elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
MLB officially only keeps statistics from the National League and the American League. This table includes statistics from other major leagues as well which are defunct now, including the American Association, the National Association of Base Ball Players and the National Association of Professional Baseball Players.

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RankPlayer W
1Cy Young *511
2Walter Johnson *417
3Grover Cleveland Alexander *373
Christy Mathewson *373
5Pud Galvin *365
6Warren Spahn *363
7Kid Nichols *361
8Greg Maddux *355
9Roger Clemens354
10Tim Keefe *342
11Steve Carlton *329
12John Clarkson *328
13Eddie Plank *326
14Nolan Ryan *324
Don Sutton *324
16Phil Niekro *318
17Gaylord Perry *314
18Tom Seaver *311
19Charles Radbourn *309
20Mickey Welch *307
21Tom Glavine *305
22Randy Johnson *303
23Lefty Grove *300
Early Wynn *300
25Bobby Mathews297
26Tommy John288
27Bert Blyleven *287
28Robin Roberts *286
29Ferguson Jenkins *284
Tony Mullane284
31Jim Kaat283
32Red Ruffing *273
33Burleigh Grimes *270
Mike Mussina *270
35Jamie Moyer269
36Jim Palmer *268
37Bob Feller *266
Eppa Rixey *266
39Jim McCormick265
40Gus Weyhing264

RankPlayer W
Kenny Rogers219
82Bob Caruthers218
Earl Whitehill218
84Freddie Fitzsimmons217
Mickey Lolich217
86Wilbur Cooper216
Charlie Hough216
Curt Schilling216
89Stan Coveleski *215
Jim Perry215
91Mark Buehrle214
Rick Reuschel214
93John Smoltz *213
94Chief Bender *212
95Kevin Brown211
Bobo Newsom211
Billy Pierce211
Bob Welch211
99Jesse Haines *210
100Vida Blue209
Eddie Cicotte209
Don Drysdale *209
Milt Pappas209
104Bob Lemon *207
Carl Mays207
Hal Newhouser *207
107Zack Greinke 205
108Orel Hershiser204
Al Orth204
110Lew Burdette203
Roy Halladay *203
Silver King203
Jack Stivetts203
114Rube Marquard *201
Charlie Root201
116Chuck Finley200
George Uhle200
Tim Wakefield200